Journey to the West: The opening angrily denounced Li Shimin for welcoming the Buddha's bones!

Chapter 45: The inner sage and the outer king, the self-cultivation of Confucian saints.

"I came from the Great Tang Dynasty in the Eastern Land, here to promote Confucian culture..."

On the streets of Baoxiang Country, there appeared four people who claimed to be from the Eastern Land of Tang Dynasty.

Whenever someone asks what they do.

The youngest of the four, who looks like a scholar, can speak.

"We are here to promote Confucianism."

When the people of Baoxiang Kingdom heard that someone came to promote an unknown Confucianism, they immediately asked:
"You scholar, what is Confucianism?"

Hearing the question, the young man said slowly with a warm face:
"Confucianism originated from the five religions of Yao, Shun and Yu, the great sages of the human race in ancient times. Father and son have relatives, monarchs and ministers have righteousness, husband and wife are different, seniors and children are orderly, and friends have faith. These are the original teachings of Confucianism..."

Hearing the young man talking a lot, the people on the side became a little impatient, and everyone booed.

"Okay, okay, just say it directly, what kind of gods do you worship, what Buddha do you respect, what ghosts do you see, and what strange things do you see?"

"Is it good to just believe in your religion?"

"Young man, my wife wants a son, can you guarantee a boy if you believe in Confucianism?"

"That I want to get rich, you Confucianist..."

Hearing the rambunctious words from all around, Zhang Fei, who was standing behind Kong Fan, gave the people around him a hard look.

It's like cannibalism.

For a while, everyone around Kong Fan took a step back, with a look of panic on their faces.

"Zhang Fei, step back!"

Hearing Kong Fan's words, Zhang Fei immediately shrank his head obediently.

After scolding Zhang Fei, Kong Fan looked at the panicked crowd and raised his hands slightly.

An aura of tranquility immediately dissipated.

It seems that Kong Fan's every move can bring endless favor to others.

In fact, this is not a spell or anything else, but the sage realm that Kong Fan had obtained before.

A sage is naturally kind and convincing to others.

But now, in the face of the threat of Zhang Fei, the fairy, everyone can hold back and not escape because they subconsciously believe in Kong Fan.

"Don't worry, everyone. I'll answer your questions slowly. First, Confucianism doesn't worship gods, worship Buddha, see ghosts, and don't blame monsters!"

Hearing that Kong Fan's Confucian religion doesn't even worship a god or Buddha, everyone started talking about it.

Some of the brave ones spoke again.

"Then...then you don't worship gods, don't worship Buddha..."

The people who asked the question out of the blue got stuck because they had the impression that they all had one belief, whether it was an orthodox or a cult.

For example, there is the Jade Emperor in the Heavenly Court, the Tathagata Buddha in the Western Buddhist Kingdom, the Demon Emperor and the Demon King in the monsters, and the Fengdu Ghost King in the ghosts.

And Confucianism, which doesn't even have faith, seems to them to be... a heresy.

Seemingly aware of the misunderstanding of everyone, Kong Fan said:
"Although Confucianism has no gods and Buddhas, Confucianism believes in itself and in this piece of heaven and earth. It regards heaven as its sect, takes virtue as its foundation, and takes Tao as its door. It is a sign of change, and it is called a saint;
Take benevolence as grace, righteousness as reason, propriety as behavior, happiness as harmony, and be kind and benevolent, you are called a gentleman;
It is divided by the law, the name is the table, the routine is the routine, the food and clothing are the main ones, the wild animals are kept, the old, the weak, the orphans and the widows are taken care of, all have to be raised, and the people's reason is also. "

Following Kong Fan's opening, the people around were immersed in the teachings Kong Fan said.

As for the three monsters, Liu Guanzhang, their eyes showed reverence.

From their point of view, Kong Fan's every word and sentence is in line with Dao, but Kong Fan is still willing to say these Dao to ordinary humans.

May I ask which god or Buddha in this world would teach these things to ordinary people?
The law is not passed on to the six ears, the Tao and the law are hidden!This is the monopoly of gods and Buddhas on practice.

As time passed, Liu Guanzhang and the three monsters also gradually entered into contemplation.

……

"Inner sage and outer king, I didn't expect to appear in this world earlier!"

Kong Fan looked at the strange scene in front of him.

As he spoke, clear springs gushed out from the ground, and flowers rained in the sky.

Countless magical beasts are constantly floating in the entire sky.

Not only that, above the sky.

The statue in the Confucian Temple of Confucius actually appeared on the Baoxiang Kingdom.

At this time, the statue exudes a faint light.

He looked in the direction of Dongtu Great Tang.

There also appeared a huge figure, looking over here.

Not only Datang.

In the sky above the rest of the country, a classic book also appeared.

The three forces converge at this moment.

And all of this is inseparable from the Confucian teachings that Kong Fan just said, the sage on the outside and the king on the inside.

The sage inside and the king outside is a theory advocated by Confucianism.

What he first pursued was Confucius' philosophy of self-restraint and restoration of propriety, ordering the family to govern the country and the world.

The inner sage is to gradually study the law of the evolution of each thing through "self-denial" and "investigation of things to gain knowledge", and gradually master the methods of doing things.

And the so-called external king refers to the promotion of one's own philosophy of doing things by "returning the rituals" to promote benevolence and righteousness, so as to achieve the goal of "king the world"!

Therefore, it is mentioned in the system obtained by Kong Fan that if you want to establish the personality of a Confucian saint in this world.

It is necessary to establish the theory of Confucianism after cultivating to the level of a great saint, and this is the outer king!

Only when the outer king and the inner sage gather at the same time can Kong Fan break through the avenue and become a Confucian saint.

……

Inside a blacksmith's shop.

A brawny man with a naked upper body and bulging muscles, holding a big hammer stopped the animal in his hand.

He raised his head to look at the figure appearing in the sky, his face shook for a while, and for a while, a monster appeared.

But it quickly returned to its original state.

He is the yellow-robed monster in the 81 disaster, also known as Kui Mulang.

Yes, when he was fighting Monkey King in Heaven, he went to make soy sauce.

It's just a pity that it failed.

Later, Kui Mulang fell in love with a fairy in Pixiang Temple.

Due to the inability to have an office romance.

So Kui Mulang and Bai Huaxie escaped from the Heavenly Court and came to the Lower Realm.

This is 13 years.

During these 13 years, he found Bai Huaxie who was reincarnated.

It's just a pity,

Bai Hua is ashamed but no longer recognizes his former lover.

Kui Mulang wanted to help Bai Huaxie regain her memory.

But he was still too naive, how could he, a little fairy, be able to break through the six realms of reincarnation in the underworld.

So on the day of Baihua's shameful wedding.

Kui Mulang rushed into the palace of Baoxiang Kingdom, and brought Baihua out shamelessly.

However, in the end he faced a human woman who hated him extremely.

However, that's fine too.

It doesn't matter if Baihua hates herself, at least it's better than Baihua being ashamed to marry someone else.

Just when Kui Mulang thought he could accompany Baihua through this lifetime.

The phantom that appeared in the sky broke his thoughts.

With the arrival of Kong Fan, this Baoxiang Kingdom began to have an undercurrent.

(End of this chapter)